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Summary: That Was Then, This Is Know
Review: That Was Then, This Is Now
` This book I would say is one of the best books I've ever read. From a scale of 1-10 I would definitely rate it a 10. It is touching and surprising in one. This book kept me hooked and reading. I felt like I was there with Mark and Bryon through the good and the bad. The author made them best friends, yet enemies in their own way. I would recommend this book to people who enjoy action, surprise, and sad endings. Both boys and girls will enjoy this adventure. I would have never guessed the end. It was sad, but good. Once you start, you're hooked.
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Summary: That Was Then This is Now
Review: That Was Then This is Now was a story about two teens Mark, and Bryon who live togeather with Bryons mother. Mark and Bryon are good friends who always hang out, pick fights, and husle pool. Then one night after leaving Charlies (a friend of theres who owns the bar that they husle pool in) they are attacked by a couple of texans who they husle earlier in the night. Right before they are about to get beat up Charlie comes to there reasuce, but in his attemt he was shot and killed.This is the turning point in the book, from this point on Bryon and Mark begin to grow apart. Then a unfortune chain of event cause the brother like friendship to come to a end...
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Summary: Great Book
Review: I read this book during my spring break in at most three sittings. I never wanted to stop reading it was very indulging. You think this turns out to be a happy book like all the other books you may have read but this one throws you for a spin. I would buy this book and read it just for the ending at least. Everythin that happens is so riveting and real that you can't stop reading until its over. You'll love mark and hate mark and love him, byron and his relationship is surreal if youve never had a best friend or in his case, a real one. The drug abuse and violence is vivetly written that it makes you feel like youre there and you want to puke, cry, and cringe, laugh, smile, and cry. The ending will startle you, you wont believe it happened.
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Summary: Great story!
Review: That was then, this is now by S.E Hilton was a novel I enjoyed very much. Reading this book was a positive experience for me because it is very realistic, and the characters are interesting and believable.
I liked all the scenes of the book, but my favorite scenes were in the beginning. The reason I like the scenes in the beginning seemed more interesting because the two main characters Bryon and Mark were always together running the streets and every time I stopped reading the book it left me wondering what was going to happen next. An example of this is when they get into a fight in the bar. Hinton's description is excellent: "Local police were amazed with Charlie bravery for giving his life to save Mark and Bryan's life."
If I had the chance to change any scenes in the novel I would change the scenes in the end because Bryan gets hooked up with some girl and starts to calm down. It really gets kind of boring because Bryon and Mark start doing their own thing and they don't run the streets anymore. I would change it by taking that girl out of the story.
I learned a few things from this novel. One thing is that you should learn from your mistakes and never do them twice. Another is that you should never put girls over your friends because girls can lead you misery and friends would always be there for you.
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Summary: That was Then, This is [bad]
Review: I think that S.E. Hinton's book That was then, This is Now was an awful book. No one in there right mind would write about fighting, stealing, getting drunk, getting high, and getting killed and hope that kids would enjoy it. Yeah, it sounds really fun jumping people and running from the cops and using dirty language. HAH! No wonder this book is on all the banned book lists and the movie is rated 'R.' I thought that this book was way too violent and had way too much drug abuse and swearing. It was incredibly sow-moving and it took forever to get to the climax. And what is with Bryon? In the last chapters he does something completely out of character. Dumps Cathy after saying how much he loves her and turns on Mark. Does this guy have mood swings or what? S.E. Hinton could have made the characters a little more real. I think she must have been tired of writing or something because she ended the book in about one paragraph. In all, I won't be reading anymore SE Hinton unless I am forced too.
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Summary: 14 year old girl
Review: i thought this book was amazing. as a person who knows what it's like to grow apart form a friend u were so close with this was a book i could really relate to. if you care about hearing about gangs, fights drugs and stuff like that this is not a book would appreciate but if you can look past that stuff and see the true meaning in the book then you will really get something out of it. Seeing real people drift apart who were lke brothers was so sad for me but i think it was very real. read this book it is amazing!
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Summary: That was Then and This is Now
Review: Have you ever had a best friend that was in alot of trouble? How far would you go to try and help him out? That was Then and This is Now by S.E. Hinton tells just that.
The book starts off with two best friends being best friends. They remember back to thier childhood. They remember all that went wrong and what happened. It is about two friends who are almost inseparable it seems. Over time they start to seperate from eachother and eventually not even like each other. I like this book because it is very down to earth and real.
I think that this was a very good book and it defiantly worth taking the time to read.
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Summary: A GREAT BOOK
Review: I JUST FINISHED READING THIS BOOK ITS GREAT! I DON'T USUALLY LIKE TO READ BECAUSE I FALL AS SLEEP WHILE READING BUT THIS BOOK WAS SO INTERESTING THAT I NEVER FELL AS SLEEP WHILE READING IT.
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Summary: "That Was Then, This Is Now"
Review: The book was about the main character Bryon who is best friends with Mark. Bryon's mother is in the hospital so the boys have to get money to pay for her bill. Bryon gets a job at the supermarket and Mark sells drugs without Bryon knowing. Bryon goes out with Cathy and her brother M&M takes the same drug that Mark is selling. Bryon knows he has to do something about it so he calls the cops on Mark. Mark ends up in jail and him and Bryon stop being friends. Bryon stops talking to the other characters and he gets his life on track.
One time when Bryon found the drugs under Mark's bed. Then he remembered the M&M was messed up because of that drug. Bryon had to do something so he called the cops. Bryon went under Mark's bed because he was looking for cigarettes.
"I very calmly called the cops. M&M had lost his mind and Cathy was hurting and I did something about it." (page 146)
I liked the book because I liked hearing how some people could live their life and at the end change it for the better.
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Summary: that was then this is now
Review: The book that was thn this is now, iis baced on two character who become like brother after a personal tragity. The main character's best friend Mark comes to live with is best friend agter his parents kill each other in a fight with gunns.when the element of a girl was put into the mix it began to spoil the relationship of the two boys.when mark was found out the main character, bryon that he sould the same type of drug that runined the life of one of their best friends. when bryon found the pill s that mark was selling he calls the police with out thinking and they came and put mark in juvinile jai. later in the book bryon goes to visit him, and he tells mark that he wants them to be qa family and marks tells him that they could never be a family again. by the last page of the book the titile comes back into play when mark tells him in reponce to his probersition to become a family once more and he states," that was then this is now." the most inportant scene in the book is the last one becaus it shows he the to boys have changed and how one of thenm changes for the worst. the people who i think should read are all people becouse it is good for all ages. the question that you should ask while reading this book is
1. does bryon neeed mark or does mark need bryon.
2. what does the drigs syombolise in the book
3. what does it mean to be inocent.
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